"re-tease" meaning in All languages combined

See re-tease on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: re-teases [present, singular, third-person], re-teasing [participle, present], re-teased [participle, past], re-teased [past], retease [alternative]
Etymology: From re- + tease. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|tease}} re- + tease Head templates: {{en-verb}} re-tease (third-person singular simple present re-teases, present participle re-teasing, simple past and past participle re-teased)
  1. (transitive) To tease again. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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